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England captain believes that caution must be thrown to the wind if England want to win the competiton on home soil

Paul Collingwood managed to sound a shade cautious in revealing that England have been told to be brave when they open the World Twenty20 at Lord's on Friday. A downbeat tone may have had something to do with the fact that England are yet to win a leading one-day tournament and failed alarmingly at the inaugural 20-over event in 2007.

On that occasion, Collingwood thought that the squad handed to him by the selectors included so many specialist players that spirit forged during a seven-match one-day series against India over previous weeks had been lost. But he denied that another